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Topic Title: How do I tell my family I want help with OCD?
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ocdandanxiety said 4 years, 11 months ago:
So I’ve been dealing with OCD for a while now, but I am self diagnosed. Both my parents have suggested that I see a psychologist, and somewhat mentioned OCD, but it was brief, and I’d feel awkward bringing it up again. When I trusted them, at the beginning of this whole mess, my mom in particular, gradually started getting annoyed, when I’d sit crying in my room that everything would make me dirty. My hands were bleeding from excessive washing, and she just started to seem angrier at me, as though I could easily stop this at any moment. Eventually, I felt so broken, I asked her if we could see a therapist, and that’s when my relationship with her went downhill. She started yelling at me, furious, about how there were people hungry, and here I am, in hysterics over touching everything, and that, she deserved a break from listening to me cry. While she repeated that she had no clue what was happening to me, she mentioned it was a cry for attention. Let me just clarify, I have hated every second of torture OCD puts my mind through, and when I say self diagnosis, I mean that so I know what to call these awful thoughts I’m constantly battling, that make me hate myself so much. At the time, I was obsessed over cleaning everything, but now I’ve moved onto HOCD, and it’s arguably worse, for me, at least. I really don’t want to come off as snobby, claiming I have OCD, if I don’t, but each time these intrusive thoughts come to my mind, hundreds of times a day, I feel like sobbing, and I feel so isolated from my family. This is rather long, and it’s really only the tip of the iceberg, but what I was wondering is: Do I even have OCD? If I do, how do I tell my family it’s hurting me, every day? Thank you, I recently discovered this site, and it’s such a relief to finally read similar experiences.
millieb04 said 4 years, 10 months ago:
I am still going through a very similar struggle with my family. I have been diagnosed via a GP and I feel that that is the best route to go down. You can make an appointment yourself if you don’t feel comfortable asking your parents to do so. I found that taking to atone about it is the start of getting some help so maybe try taking to a friend or (if you are at school) a teacher. My diagnosis is only fairly recent event though I’ve been battling with OCD for a long time. Talking to your parents is hard and I really struggle with that too. My friends are my support network but I understand that, at the end of the day, you want your parents support. I feel that if you get a diagnosis from your GP it will be harder for your parents to ignore and maybe it will make it easier to have proper conversations with them about it.
Hope this helps you
ocdandanxiety said 4 years, 10 months ago:
millieb04,
Thank you so much, I deeply appreciate that, and I understand the importance of having my family know how I feel.